Antoni Zygmund
Antoni Zygmund (December 26, 1900 – May 30, 1992) was a Polish mathematician. He worked mostly in the area of mathematical analysis, including especially harmonic analysis, and he is considered one of the greatest analysts of the 20th century. Zygmund was responsible for creating the Chicago school of mathematical analysis together with his doctoral student Alberto Calderón, for which he was awarded the National Medal of Science in 1986.
Antoni Zygmund | |
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Antoni Zygmund | |
| Born | December 26, 1900 Warsaw, Congress Poland, Russian Empire |
| Died | May 30, 1992 (aged 91) |
| Nationality | Polish |
| Citizenship | Polish, American |
| Alma mater | University of Warsaw (Ph.D., 1923) |
| Known for | Singular integral operators Calderón–Zygmund lemma Marcinkiewicz–Zygmund inequality Paley–Zygmund inequality Calderón–Zygmund kernel |
| Awards | Leroy P. Steele Prize (1979) National Medal of Science (1986) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | University of Chicago Stefan Batory University |
| Doctoral advisor | Aleksander Rajchman Stefan Mazurkiewicz |
| Doctoral students | Alberto Calderón Elias M. Stein Paul Cohen |
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